Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast

Lord Laird: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will remove the security barriers at the Royal Courts of Justice in Chichester Street, Belfast and make the street passable to ordinary vehicular traffic, including buses.
	 Question number missing in Hansard, possibly truncated question.

Baroness Amos: Security arrangements at Lower Chichester Street are currently being reviewed and as yet no firm conclusions have been reached.

Questions for Written Answer

Lord Jopling: asked the Leader of the House:
	Given that on 8 September five Questions for Written Answer tabled in June and 53 Questions tabled in July awaited Answers, what action she intends to take to honour the convention that Answers should be within two weeks.
	 Question number missing in Hansard, possibly truncated question.

Baroness Amos: All government departments endeavour to answer Questions for Written Answer within the fourteen-day deadline. I regret, however, that it has taken so long to answer these Questions.
	I continue to review the outstanding questions with my ministerial colleagues on a weekly basis and remind them of the importance of prompt and accurate answers.

Insurance Premiums

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What proportions of general (that is, non-life) insurance premiums were underwritten by United Kingdom-owned insurance companies in 1982, 1992 and 2002 (a) worldwide; and (b) in the United Kingdom.
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Lord McIntosh of Haringey: The Government do not collect these data.

Depleted Uranium

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Whitty on 2 July (WA 54), who decides, and according to what criteria, which depleted uranium is declared waste and which is held as a national resource; and
	Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Whitty on 2 July (WA 54), how much depleted uranium, by tonnage, is currently (a) waste; and (b) national resource.
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Lord Whitty: The quantity of depleted uranium (DU) held as a waste, as at 1 April 2001, was 1,600 tonnes. This figure is taken from the 2002 Radioactive Waste Inventory and is the most recent figure available. Total quantities of DU held as a national resource as of 31 December 2003, as contained in the annual UK Civil Plutonium and Uranium Figures for 2003, was 59,860 tonnes.
	DU is declared a waste, if, following processing, no further nuclear use can be forseen, or where, based on current technology, it is deemed economically irrecoverable. This is based on definitions contained in the 1973 Euratom Safeguards Regulation 3227/76. This decision, however, ultimately rests with the owner of the waste in question.

Air Quality

Viscount Simon: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will publish the figures for each year since 1992 for United Kingdom emissions for (a) carbon dioxide; (b) nitrogen oxide; (c) PM10s; (d) carbon monoxide; (e) volatile organics compounds; and (f) benzene, broken down by those originating from (i) industry; (ii) electrical generation; (iii) transport; and (iv) United Kingdom households.
	 Question number missing in Hansard, possibly truncated question.

Lord Whitty: Defra compiles and publishes information on annual emissions to the atmosphere of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides (NOx), PM10, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and benzene in the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI). The information is available at http://www.naei.org.uk. The tables below provide information on emissions from 1992 to 2002 (the latest year available) for each pollutant, broken down between industry, electrical generation, transport and UK households.
	:TITLE3:Table 1—Atmospheric Emissions of Selected Pollutants from Industry, 1992–2002
	
		
			   
			  1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 
			 Benzene (kt) 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 
			 VOCs (kt) 10 10 11 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 
			 Carbon Monoxide (kt) 145 143 146 148 150 145 132 168 163 165 165 
			 PM10 (kt) 42 40 39 36 34 31 29 27 20 21 19 
			 NOx as NO2 (kt) 300 299 313 270 301 281 271 242 216 214 222 
			 CO2 as Carbon (kt) 27,153 27,090 27,540 27,626 28,407 28,464 28,804 28,229 27,236 28,590 27,397 
		
	
	:TITLE3:Table 2—Atmospheric Emissions of Selected Pollutants from Electrical Generation, 1992–2002
	
		
			   
			  1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 
			 Benzene (kt) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
			 VOCs (kt) 7 7 8 8 9 8 6 8 8 8 9 
			 Carbon Monoxide (kt) 110 99 106 104 102 71 73 61 70 72 71 
			 PM10 (kt) 66 55 49 38 35 24 25 20 21 18 10 
			 NOx as NO2 (kt) 671 567 527 495 449 372 365 338 365 379 379 
			 CO2 as Carbon (kt) 50,379 45,495 44,372 44,110 43,488 39,625 40,600 38,849 41,943 44,300 42,989 
		
	
	
		Table 3—Atmospheric Emissions of Selected Pollutants from Transport, 1992–2002
		
			  
			  1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 
			 Benzene (kt) 41.5 38.1 35.1 32.1 29.6 26.8 23.8 20.4 8.8 8.7 8.1 
			 VOCs (kt) 888 817 768 703 630 574 505 440 369 318 280 
			 Carbon Monoxide (kt) 5,468 5,110 4,818 4,525 4,509 4,171 3,850 3,491 3,001 2,636 2,369 
			 PM10 (kt) 75 74 72 70 70 66 64 60 54 53 52 
			 NOx as NO2 (kt) 1,600 1,533 1,472 1,441 1,463 1,421 1,371 1,242 1,136 1,071 1,023 
			 CO2 as Carbon (kt) 37,366 37,609 37,541 37,283 38,788 39,265 39,094 38,373 37,957 38,131 38,241 
		
	
	
		Table 4—Atmospheric Emissions of Selected Pollutants from United Kingdom Households, 1992–2002
		
			 
			 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 
			 Benzene (kt) 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.0 3.2 3.0 
			 VOCs (kt) 61 61 48 37 40 37 38 41 32 35 32 
			 Carbon Monoxide (kt) 347 369 324 260 268 246 239 244 215 229 208 
			 PM10 (kt) 52 53 43 33 35 33 33 35 28 31 28 
			 NOx as NO2 (kt) 69 72 69 66 75 69 71 71 72 75 74 
			 CO2 as Carbon (kt) 23,129 24,182 22,946 21,699 24,743 22,741 23,245 23,121 23,353 24,272 23,833

Air Quality

Viscount Simon: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will publish for each year since 1992 United Kingdom emissions, broken down by those originating from (a) cars; (b) light vans; (c) heavy goods vehicles; (d) buses; (e) coaches; (f) taxis; and (g) aircraft, for (i) carbon dioxide; (ii) nitrogen oxide; (iii) PM10s; (iv) carbon monoxide; (v) volatile organics compounds; and (vi) benzene.
	 Question number missing in Hansard, possibly truncated question.

Lord Whitty: Defra compiles and publishes information on annual emissions to the atmosphere of air pollutants including carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides (No), PM10, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and benzene in the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI). The information is available at http://www.naei.org.uk.
	Tables which will be made available in the Library of the House provide a break down of emissions from 1992 to 2002 (the latest year available) within the transport sector by cars, light vans, heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches and aircraft for the above pollutants. Separate data are not collected on emissions from taxis nor on emissions from buses and coaches separately.